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52A =Menbar loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes <br />Additional symbols: 52B <br />Setting <br />Depth class: very deep <br />Drainage class: somewhat poorly drained <br />Position on landscape: flood plains <br />Parent material: mixed alluvium , <br />Elevation: 6,400 to 7,600 feet <br />Air temperature: 38 to 40 degrees F <br />Annual precipitation: 18 to 27 inches <br />Frost-free period: 35 to 55 days <br />Composition <br />Menbar soil and similar inclusions: 85 percent <br />Contrasting inclusions: 15 percent <br />Contrasting Inclusions <br />poorly to very poorly drained <br />Eleana soils <br />Tanelle soils <br />Becks soils <br />Hunchback soils <br />Matmore soils <br />4/97 <br />Aquolls and Aquents soils <br />Similar Inclusions <br />Cumulic Cryoborolls soils <br />Slocum soils <br />Typical Profile <br />Surface layer: <br />0 to 5 inches=dark grayish brown loam <br />Subsurface layer: <br />5 to 17 inches=dark gray loam <br />17 to 22 inches=very dark gray loam <br />22 to 32 inches=very dark gray loam <br />32 to 39 inches=light brownish gray loam <br />Underlying material: <br />39 to 45 inches=light brownish gray sandy loam <br />45 to 55 inches=light grayish brown loamy sand <br />55 to 60 inches=light yellowish brown extremely gravelly sand <br />Soil Properties and Qualities <br />Permeability: moderate <br />Available water capacity: moderate <br />Potential rooting depth: 60 or more inches for water-tolerant plants <br />and 20 to 30 inches for other plants <br />Flooding: rare <br />Runoff: low to medium <br />Hazard of water erosion: slight to moderate <br />Hazard of soil blowing: low <br />